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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inMetallic'Bl-ackets; and the following is hereby de' clared to be af fulland correct description of the same.

This invention relates to..means for holding the bracket to placeuponawall or elsewhere, and consists in a; crotch-plate, to be attachedto .the wall, and

formed upon the edges of the back plate of the to receive the lower endof the bracket, and keep the same in its proper vertical position.

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Figure l` is 'an relevationof a bracket, secured to place upon a. wallby my improvedcrotch-plate, the

sockctfor the end'bfA the bracket being shownin sec- Figure 2 is avertical section at the line x xi y The bracket is made with the backand top plates' orbars a and l), of a'ny desired size and shape, and

therpait c of said bracket may be of any ornamental shape or design. Y

The arms cl d are cast npon and with a crotch-plate,

l r e, :ma this plate is to be attached tothe wan by a sciew,f. L

The 'space between the arms l d is to be such as to `receive 'the backplate a ofthe bracket, and said plate a at this part isrecessed, toallowfor the thickness of 'the crotch-plate e.

Upon the edges of `the back plate a are Vthe 1n gs h `7:,'and these lugsset. behind the arms d (l.

Said arms coming upon cach side of theback plate a of the'bracket, saidbracket will be held very firmly and securely in place, but can beremoved by simply lifting said bracket until the lugs are clear ofthearms d d.' -v To prevent the .bracketmoving from its proper vcri ticalposition, I make use .of the socket i to receive the lower endof theback plate e, and said socket is held to place by thescrew l. y

,The space. between the arms nl :l might 'be wider at the top than atthe bottom, to receive a corresponding `bevel vupon the back plate, andthis partially removes the Weight of the bracket from the lugs dd, and,if made in this manner, vthe socket 'i may be dispensed with, asthebracket will be kept vertical by this means.

rlihese fastenings can Vb e made very cheap, as they require nofinishing' after being cast, and the bracket used with such fasteningsrequires no further labor or expenseas the'recess in the back plate, andalso the lugs upon the same, are cast with the bracket.

The shelf ,for said bracket may be secured in any desired manner to thesame, and'forms no part of my invention,Y

I claim as my invention- The crotch-plate. e, with the arms d, incombination with the lugs h upon the bracket, as and for the pur posespecified. y

Signed by me this 1st day of April, A.. D. 1870. i ALBERT D. JUDD,

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E. A. DURAND, H. L. JUDI).

